A MAN named B., about 22 years of age, strong and muscular, of middle height, porter by occupation, was admitted into the Civil Hospital of Gujranwala 011 16th August 1902, suffering from a stab wound of left side of his abdomen, which was received in a fight. The wound was situated between 10th and 11th rib in anterior axillary line on left side. From the wound was protruding a piece of omentu...

Penetrating abdominal injuries have been traditionally managed by routine laparotomy. New understanding of trajectories, potential for organ injury, and correlation with advanced radiographic imaging has allowed a shift towards non-operative management of appropriate cases. Although a selective approach has been established for stab wounds, the management of abdominal gunshot wounds remains a m...

Aortocaval fistulas are most commonly the result of spontaneous rupture or erosion of an abdominal aortic aneurysm into the inferior vena cava (80-90%). The remaining 10-20% of aortocaval fistulas are usually the result of penetrating or iatrogenic trauma from gunshot or stab wounds. We report the case of a 19-year-old male, status post multiple gunshot wounds. To our knowledge, this is the fir...

Purpose The effect of obesity in penetrating trauma outcomes is poorly understood. purpose this study was to determine if there a protective subcutaneous or visceral fat from stab and gunshot wounds. Methods 443 patients admitted after traumatic injury the torso were retrospectively identified our institution’s registry. CT scans performed at presentation used cross-sectional area level umbilic...

background the optimal management of hemodynamically stable asymptomatic patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds (aasws) remains controversial. the goal is to identify and treat injuries in a safe cost-effective manner. common evaluation strategies are local wound exploration (lwe), diagnostic peritoneal lavage (dpl), serial clinical assessment (scas) and computed tomography (ct) imaging. ...

Ritual homicides may be affective (emotional), but usually they are premediated, instrumental, or predatory. In the case under review, the Facebook profile of the assailant helped to determine the motive of the homicide, which seemed to be ritualistic in nature. Therein, a 56-year-old male sustained 48 stab wounds and other knife injuries. On the wall in a room above the body, a pentagram was d...

An initial management of bed rest and hydration is performed routinely. In case of persistent bleeding, definite diagnosis is usually made by angiography, and selective embolization can be performed within the same angiography session as a definite treatment. Open exploration and partial or total nephrectomy are rarely required. We report a case of delayed renal bleeding following stab wound wh...

Colloidal carbon was introduced intravenously into young rats to label circulating monocytes before the stabbing of the brain. The rats were sacrificed 1 to 14 days after the stab wound. In the rats sacrificed between 3 to 7 days after the stabbing, numerous phagocytic cells were present in the needle wound. Electron microscope study showed that some of these phagocytic cells carried intracytop...